To Gimme or not to Gimme?

[CwAlbino]

Competitive setting = no gimmes. Hit the chains if you are standing next to the basket, if you can't reach the chains from where you are standing then put it in the basket.
Recreational = whatever the f you want to do, and don't let anyone else tell you differently

 

[XxInnovaxX]

Competitive setting = no gimmes. Hit the chains if you are standing next to the basket, if you can't reach the chains from where you are standing then put it in the basket.
Recreational = whatever the f you want to do, and don't let anyone else tell you differently

agreed....you can bet your a$$ if we're playin for money, your shooting that putt though....ya know why??? cuz ive missed way too many of them before...lol

 

[pokamitch]

Prima donna, since you asked

Thanks, I'll remember that spellin' LOL

I added my opinion, that's all, lighten up 80.... And if you were "charged" for lessons, I'm sorry. We (my friends and I) have always been ambassadors to the sport and did it for free, but I have been playing for 23 yrs, when it was only for fun....

 

[80playedin10states]

when i started playing, you played by yourself or paid to play..it has been for fun and always will be...just some people are more competitive than you and your friends, that's all..

 

[Dizz]

Competitive setting = no gimmes. Hit the chains if you are standing next to the basket, if you can't reach the chains from where you are standing then put it in the basket.
Recreational = whatever the f you want to do, and don't let anyone else tell you differently

Agreed. I always putt out even if its only 5 feet. I don't know why I do it, I guess its just a habit of always finishing the hole.

 

[Lewis]

Would you only drink most of your beer? Would you marry someone you only loved with most of your heart? Then why would you only play most of a round of disc golf? Even if you CAN reach out and hit the chain, make the putt. You're not done until your disc is resting in the basket.

 

[fifteen]

I like to putt in my "gimme-shots" because it sets a good habit. Just putt them in and you'll be glad you do when tournament time comes around.

 

[waywu2001]

My friend and I use gimmes but it's always the other person who declares it a gimme. Usually it's because one person is much closer to the basket when the other person makes an approach that lands within 5 feet. I think this can be a courteous practice to others (possibly wives) who don't want to watch someone walk 75 ft, only to drop it in, pick it up and walk back the direction they came.

 

[Neophyte]

There are a couple of threads on this very site about missing very close putts (< 5ft) so I think that you need to put the disc in the basket. That being said if someone I am playing with offers me a gimme I am going to accept it.

 

[waynewf]

Sometimes I like to shoot my "gimmes" from between my legs or behind the back, sometimes maybe i'll even try to punt it in....that way when I inevitably miss I can just say, "oh that was a gimme anyway"...

 

[Dthunderchicken]

When I'm by myself if I can hit the chains with the disc I will. If I can't, I'll putt it. When I'm playing with others I'll go with the flow. If everyone's comfortable with a ten foot gimme it's OK by me.

A funny story; Not long ago I shanked one into the woods. By the time I found it and got back on the fairway another party had passed me. So I'm waiting for them to clear the basket when one of them yells to me to go for it. So I did and ended up with a short putt. The guy says "you can make that" and grabs my disc. But instead of heading to the next tee, he starts off away from the rest of his party. So I start following him and just when I'm about to call him on it, he picks up another disc that's a good ways from the basket. Boy I almost felt real stupid. We all finished the round together and had a good time.

 

[A.Mutt]

my opinion is that 'gimmies' are bull. You aren't holed out until that disc is at rest in the basket. If I can reach out and touch chains I still drop it in.

 

[Ryan P.]

Sometimes I like to shoot my "gimmes" from between my legs or behind the back, sometimes maybe i'll even try to punt it in....that way when I inevitably miss I can just say, "oh that was a gimme anyway"...

I do that too. I hope to one day do that on the final hole of a big tournament for the win.

My friend and I use gimmes but it's always the other person who declares it a gimme. Usually it's because one person is much closer to the basket when the other person makes an approach that lands within 5 feet. I think this can be a courteous practice to others (possibly wives) who don't want to watch someone walk 75 ft, only to drop it in, pick it up and walk back the direction they came.

If a person doesn't want to walk that, I'll drop it in for them, but every I play with knows that even if I have to walk 300 feet out of the way for a drop in putt, i'm gonna do it. I just have to know that the disc was in the basket, and because I put it in there.

 

[BrotherDave]

I.. just... couldn't... care.. less. This is a dumb argument. Now, seriously, what is par?

 

[Midnightbiker]

The best part of disc golf is hearing you disc hit the chains.

 

[StymieDidIt]

my opinion is that 'gimmies' are bull. You aren't holed out until that disc is at rest in the basket. If I can reach out and touch chains I still drop it in.

I'm with you on this one. Even if playing casually, how do get a true reading on how you did. It's all speculation that you would have made the shot, but....it seems like there are a lot of people that have F'd up short shots, and more than once.

 

[scarpfish]

The OCD side of me won't let me walk away from the hole until I actually hear chains.

Wow. And I thought it was just me.

I had an 8 footer spit out this morning, so that ought to tell you my answer.

 

[A.Mutt]

I'm with you on this one. Even if playing casually, how do get a true reading on how you did. It's all speculation that you would have made the shot, but....it seems like there are a lot of people that have F'd up short shots, and more than once.

Funniest 'gimmie-miss' I've ever had was about 4 years ago and my friends will never let me forget it. I was set up for a birdie but missed and it went down a hill, so I putted for par and missed. Was so upset (a younger much more rash me) that I was looking at a birdie and now a bogie that I slammed my putter into the basket ... only to have it bounce out at the same time I slipped and fell hard on my ass. Nothing like humility to teach you a lesson.

 

[sumner420]

Put the disc in the basket.

 

[jhgonzo]

Now if you're talking about a gimme on a mulligan, that's another issue entirely...